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ArticleClinical epidemiology2020

Hypothesis: What is the Best We Can Do with Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19?

Shuncong Wang, Stefaan Mulier, Charles Jonscher, Sheng Ye, Lei Chen, Yuanbo Feng, Yue Li, Yicheng Ni

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Article in Clinical epidemiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Shuncong Wang *Campus Gasthuisberg, Group of Biomedical Sciences, KU, Leuven, Belgium.
Stefaan Mulier *Campus Gasthuisberg, Group of Biomedical Sciences, KU, Leuven, Belgium.
Charles JonscherInstitute for Health Metrics & Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2510-2663
Sheng YePrimary Care NJ, Englewood, NJ, USA.
Lei ChenCampus Gasthuisberg, Group of Biomedical Sciences, KU, Leuven, Belgium.
Yuanbo FengCampus Gasthuisberg, Group of Biomedical Sciences, KU, Leuven, Belgium.
Yue LiShanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, People's Republic of China.
Yicheng NiCampus Gasthuisberg, Group of Biomedical Sciences, KU, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8553-7565
KU Leuven · BEAZ Delta · BEShanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences · CNUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are widespread anecdotal reports of seemingly successful treatment among the early (three to seven days from symptoms) stage coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with the drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), and randomized placebo-controlled trials of HCQ in outpatient settings are underway. In this note, we (1) report observational evidence and present scientific reasoning as to why early treatment with HCQ may succeed while treatment later in the disease progression is likely to fail and (2) hypothesize a public health regime under which HCQ may be used to mitigate the impact of the current pandemic.

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COVID-19early treatmenthydroxychloroquinelockdownpandemic

Identifiers

PMID33116907
PMCPMC7585824
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